OutSpent

OutSpent Commemorative Series · No. 3 · The Fine Print

The Fine Print.

74 senators voted yes on S.256 (2005). So we minted a card for every one of them — numbered by who took the most (taken from the card industry). Made it harder to clear credit-card debt in bankruptcy. Filings got ~38% costlier; insolvency didn't fall..

74 cards. One per yes vote. Find yours.

★ BOUGHT & PAID FOR ★THE FINE PRINT · 2005★★$S.256
No. 01/74VOTED YES
John Warner
R · VA
$650,773
taken from the card industry
No. 02/74VOTED YES
Mitch McConnell
R · KY
$392,900
taken from the card industry
No. 03/74VOTED YES
Thomas Carper
D · DE
$251,218
taken from the card industry
No. 04/74VOTED YES
Susan Collins
R · ME
$228,229
taken from the card industry
No. 05/74VOTED YES
Olympia Snowe
R · ME
$213,200
taken from the card industry
No. 06/74VOTED YES
Richard Shelby
R · AL
$212,200
taken from the card industry
No. 07/74VOTED YES
Tim Johnson
D · SD
$201,682
taken from the card industry
No. 08/74VOTED YES
John Cornyn
R · TX
$162,741
taken from the card industry
No. 09/74VOTED YES
Richard Burr
R · NC
$152,155
taken from the card industry
No. 10/74VOTED YES
Joseph Biden
D · DE
$148,165
taken from the card industry
No. 11/74VOTED YES
Lindsey Graham
R · SC
$133,484
taken from the card industry
No. 12/74VOTED YES
John Thune
R · SD
$126,732
taken from the card industry
No. 13/74VOTED YES
Arlen Specter
R · PA
$118,350
taken from the card industry
No. 14/74VOTED YES
Mike Crapo
R · ID
$115,450
taken from the card industry
No. 15/74VOTED YES
John Sununu
R · NH
$112,156
taken from the card industry
No. 16/74VOTED YES
Max Baucus
D · MT
$110,702
taken from the card industry
No. 17/74VOTED YES
Kay Hutchison
R · TX
$101,757
taken from the card industry
No. 18/74VOTED YES
Orrin Hatch
R · UT
$97,500
taken from the card industry
No. 19/74VOTED YES
Debbie Stabenow
D · MI
$93,389
taken from the card industry
No. 20/74VOTED YES
Bill Nelson
D · FL
$91,619
taken from the card industry
No. 21/74VOTED YES
Robert Bennett
R · UT
$82,837
taken from the card industry
No. 22/74VOTED YES
Jon Kyl
R · AZ
$82,100
taken from the card industry
No. 23/74VOTED YES
George Voinovich
R · OH
$74,750
taken from the card industry
No. 24/74VOTED YES
George Allen
R · VA
$71,408
taken from the card industry
No. 25/74VOTED YES
Norm Coleman
R · MN
$71,175
taken from the card industry
No. 26/74VOTED YES
Chuck Grassley
R · IA
$69,351
taken from the card industry
No. 27/74VOTED YES
John McCain
R · AZ
$57,480
taken from the card industry
No. 28/74VOTED YES
Mike DeWine
R · OH
$54,900
taken from the card industry
No. 29/74VOTED YES
Mary Landrieu
D · LA
$50,770
taken from the card industry
No. 30/74VOTED YES
Harry Reid
D · NV
$49,150
taken from the card industry
No. 31/74VOTED YES
Kent Conrad
D · ND
$48,616
taken from the card industry
No. 32/74VOTED YES
Jim Inhofe
R · OK
$46,600
taken from the card industry
No. 33/74VOTED YES
Jim DeMint
R · SC
$42,475
taken from the card industry
No. 34/74VOTED YES
Saxby Chambliss
R · GA
$41,648
taken from the card industry
No. 35/74VOTED YES
Blanche Lincoln
D · AR
$39,650
taken from the card industry
No. 36/74VOTED YES
Rick Santorum
R · PA
$37,425
taken from the card industry
No. 37/74VOTED YES
Mel Martinez
R · FL
$37,300
taken from the card industry
No. 38/74VOTED YES
Johnny Isakson
R · GA
$36,500
taken from the card industry
No. 39/74VOTED YES
Elizabeth Dole
R · NC
$34,700
taken from the card industry
No. 40/74VOTED YES
David Vitter
R · LA
$31,100
taken from the card industry
No. 41/74VOTED YES
Pat Roberts
R · KS
$30,900
taken from the card industry
No. 42/74VOTED YES
Evan Bayh
D · IN
$30,300
taken from the card industry
No. 43/74VOTED YES
Lisa Murkowski
R · AK
$29,500
taken from the card industry
No. 44/74VOTED YES
Ben Nelson
D · NE
$29,100
taken from the card industry
No. 45/74VOTED YES
Thad Cochran
R · MS
$27,500
taken from the card industry
No. 46/74VOTED YES
Chuck Hagel
R · NE
$23,000
taken from the card industry
No. 47/74VOTED YES
Thomas Coburn
R · OK
$21,450
taken from the card industry
No. 48/74VOTED YES
Mark Pryor
D · AR
$21,400
taken from the card industry
No. 49/74VOTED YES
Gordon Smith
R · OR
$20,850
taken from the card industry
No. 50/74VOTED YES
Lamar Alexander
R · TN
$20,000
taken from the card industry
No. 51/74VOTED YES
Jim Talent
R · MO
$18,000
taken from the card industry
No. 52/74VOTED YES
Jeff Bingaman
D · NM
$17,149
taken from the card industry
No. 53/74VOTED YES
Wayne Allard
R · CO
$17,050
taken from the card industry
No. 54/74VOTED YES
Jeff Sessions
R · AL
$16,500
taken from the card industry
No. 55/74VOTED YES
Conrad Burns
R · MT
$16,100
taken from the card industry
No. 56/74VOTED YES
Michael Enzi
R · WY
$15,700
taken from the card industry
No. 57/74VOTED YES
Pete Domenici
R · NM
$13,500
taken from the card industry
No. 58/74VOTED YES
John Ensign
R · NV
$13,400
taken from the card industry
No. 59/74VOTED YES
Robert Byrd
D · WV
$11,500
taken from the card industry
No. 60/74VOTED YES
Ted Stevens
R · AK
$11,500
taken from the card industry
No. 61/74VOTED YES
Lincoln Chafee
R · RI
$10,750
taken from the card industry
No. 62/74VOTED YES
Trent Lott
R · MS
$8,900
taken from the card industry
No. 63/74VOTED YES
Richard Lugar
R · IN
$8,750
taken from the card industry
No. 64/74VOTED YES
Ken Salazar
D · CO
$8,750
taken from the card industry
No. 65/74VOTED YES
Jim Bunning
R · KY
$6,500
taken from the card industry
No. 66/74VOTED YES
Daniel Inouye
D · HI
$5,000
taken from the card industry
No. 67/74VOTED YES
Craig Thomas
R · WY
$5,000
taken from the card industry
No. 68/74VOTED YES
Bill Frist
R · TN
$3,500
taken from the card industry
No. 69/74VOTED YES
Kit Bond
R · MO
$3,000
taken from the card industry
No. 70/74VOTED YES
Larry Craig
R · ID
$1,000
taken from the card industry
No. 71/74VOTED YES
Judd Gregg
R · NH
$25
taken from the card industry
No. 72/74VOTED YES
Sam Brownback
R · KS
$0
taken from the card industry
No. 73/74VOTED YES
Jim Jeffords
I · VT
$0
taken from the card industry
No. 74/74VOTED YES
Herb Kohl
D · WI
$0
taken from the card industry

The Not-For-Sale Set

The ones they couldn't buy.

We ran the same receipts test on the senators who voted no. These 10 took the least — a fraction of what McConnell took. They get the rare cards.

★ NOT FOR SALE ★HELD THE LINE · 2005★★$S.256
EMERITUSVOTED NO
Jon Corzine
D · NJ · retired
$2,000
card industry · entire career
EMERITUSVOTED NO
Mark Dayton
D · MN · retired
$2,000
card industry · entire career
EMERITUSVOTED NO
Barbara Mikulski
D · MD · retired
$4,000
card industry · entire career
EMERITUSVOTED NO
Barack Obama
D · IL · retired
$5,000
card industry · entire career
EMERITUSVOTED NO
Byron Dorgan
D · ND · retired
$5,750
card industry · entire career
EMERITUSVOTED NO
Carl Levin
D · MI · retired
$6,350
card industry · entire career
EMERITUSVOTED NO
Patrick Leahy
D · VT · retired
$6,423
card industry · entire career
EMERITUSVOTED NO
Paul Sarbanes
D · MD · retired
$6,500
card industry · entire career
EMERITUSVOTED NO
Frank Lautenberg
D · NJ · retired
$9,300
card industry · entire career
EMERITUSVOTED NO
Daniel Akaka
D · HI · retired
$11,250
card industry · entire career

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